No details about the man's identity were released by Scotland Yard, which is investigating allegations of widespread hacking at the title, which was closed in July.

• This article was amended on 2 September 2011 after updated information was released by Scotland Yard. The original article gave the age of the arrested man as 34. This has been corrected

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